Hundreds of people watching the launch cheered as the Start Me Up mission lifted off the runway at around 10pm
A rocket has taken off into space in the first ever orbital space mission to launch from UK soil. Several satellites were blasted into space from Cornwall Airport near Newquay as part of the Start Me Up mission on Monday night .
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